TheGreatGreen
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No way.
Funny how the OG Ultra Lead was one of the most intimidating and meanest looking amps ever made and the new one looks about as cool as an old VCR.
No way.
Funny how the OG Ultra Lead was one of the most intimidating and meanest looking amps ever made and the new one looks about as cool as an old VCR.
Eazy-ESP
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Oh FFS. Why Steve? Why?
7704A
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Where'd you get the picture? Also looks either edited, or AI. There's some wonky perspective going on with the knobs. Not saying that's you're doing.
Eazy-ESP
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I hope you are right and that guy is playing AI jokes. Steve Fryette was talking about how he was going to do something out of left field. I’ve been nervously waiting for years as to what that is because I just want to buy a Pittbull. Just a reissue will be fine with me.
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mnemonic
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I remember seeing only renders of the GPDI-ir before that came out, so might be real. Very odd if real though. I see power tubes in the back but no preamp tubes, digital front end? Who wants that from a tube amp maker?
I’ve seen enough bricked and unrepairable GP3’s to not be interested in tubes + unnecessary complexity.
I’ve seen enough bricked and unrepairable GP3’s to not be interested in tubes + unnecessary complexity.
BesaMoogie
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RedB4Black
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Axe Palace posted it on Facebook for pre orders and I grabbed the pics. Looks like he quickly deleted the post
RedB4Black
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Here is the official press release:
Fryette Amplification announces the launch of the Pittbull Ultra-Lead II 120 watt head.
From its introduction in 1995 up until its discontinuation in 2017, the Pittbull Ultra-Lead had long been the flagship of the Fryette amplifier line and customer demand and desire for the Ultra-Lead to be reissued has never waned.
The result of an uncompromising three-year labor of love, the new Pittbull Ultra-Lead II is a fully reimagined touring and recording tone machine, specifically designed to be the centerpiece of your playing and gigging environment. With this breakthrough product, Steve Fryette has created an innovative testament to the future of tube amplification.
We prioritized the most popular features and functions of the original Pittbull Ultra-Lead and then added a compact, lightweight form factor, flexible three-channel topology, a graphic EQ and super dynamic 120-watt power amplifier. Next, we incorporated the smoother harmonic balance of the former sister-ship, the Pittbull Hundred CLX and imported its personality into the Ultra-Lead platform by way of a Patent Pending power tube blending technology that extracts peak performance out of mixed pairs of EL34 and 6550 power tubes. Finally, we developed an all-new switching and signal processing platform that offers a stunning array of sonic possibilities in a slick, intuitive sound modification system that can be managed via the onboard LCD display or operated remotely via a custom graphical user interface.
“Many amp manufacturers view legacy product reboots in the most literal way possible, offering as accurate a reproduction as possible, given modern regulatory limitations. In our view, that approach is just uninspired and assumes that a great tube amplifier can’t be truly innovative. We believe that the Pittbull Ultra-Lead origin story was about moving beyond, and that is just as true today as it was in 1995” commented Steve Fryette.
Fryette Amplification announces the launch of the Pittbull Ultra-Lead II 120 watt head.
From its introduction in 1995 up until its discontinuation in 2017, the Pittbull Ultra-Lead had long been the flagship of the Fryette amplifier line and customer demand and desire for the Ultra-Lead to be reissued has never waned.
The result of an uncompromising three-year labor of love, the new Pittbull Ultra-Lead II is a fully reimagined touring and recording tone machine, specifically designed to be the centerpiece of your playing and gigging environment. With this breakthrough product, Steve Fryette has created an innovative testament to the future of tube amplification.
We prioritized the most popular features and functions of the original Pittbull Ultra-Lead and then added a compact, lightweight form factor, flexible three-channel topology, a graphic EQ and super dynamic 120-watt power amplifier. Next, we incorporated the smoother harmonic balance of the former sister-ship, the Pittbull Hundred CLX and imported its personality into the Ultra-Lead platform by way of a Patent Pending power tube blending technology that extracts peak performance out of mixed pairs of EL34 and 6550 power tubes. Finally, we developed an all-new switching and signal processing platform that offers a stunning array of sonic possibilities in a slick, intuitive sound modification system that can be managed via the onboard LCD display or operated remotely via a custom graphical user interface.
“Many amp manufacturers view legacy product reboots in the most literal way possible, offering as accurate a reproduction as possible, given modern regulatory limitations. In our view, that approach is just uninspired and assumes that a great tube amplifier can’t be truly innovative. We believe that the Pittbull Ultra-Lead origin story was about moving beyond, and that is just as true today as it was in 1995” commented Steve Fryette.
